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Schoolgirl impresses at Japanese gamer event with win in retro game
Girl of between 12 and 16 was making her first appearance at Evo Japan as contests pre…
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TechScape: On the internet, where does the line between person end and bot begin?
In 2021, the web felt dead because algorithms were driving people to act like robots. …
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I live in an uninhabitable ‘boy room’ – can a comedian save me from myself?
Rachel Coster’s TikTok show, which documents the extremely messy dwelling spaces of Ne…
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Jasmine Wallis: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The writer and podcaster has made a career from dissecting the lore of 2010s memes – m…
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OpenAI to use FT journalism to train artificial intelligence systems
Under deal, ChatGPT users will receive summaries and quotes from Financial Times conte…
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‘Watershed moment’ for Tesla as Elon Musk’s visit to China reaps quick reward
Deal to use mapping data from web search giant Baidu is a big step towards launching d…
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No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK
Makers of phones, TVs and smart doorbells legally required to protect devices against …
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‘The science isn’t there’: do dating apps really help us find our soulmate?
The effectiveness of Tinder and Hinge is hard to judge without access to their data. B…
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BBC presenter’s likeness used in advert after firm tricked by AI-generated voice
Exclusive: Liz Bonnin’s face used on insect repellant advert after deal negotiated via…
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‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute
Founded in 2005 and lauded by Silicon Valley, the Nick Bostrom’s centre for studying e…
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The demise of Twitter: How a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’
In the early days it was seen as a place for ‘genuine public discourse’, but users hav…
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Workers accuse Google of ‘tantrum’ after 50 fired over Israel contract protest
Tech giant fired number of people who protested against $1.2bn Project Nimbus, which s…
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The ‘boring phone’: stressed-out gen Z ditch smartphones for dumbphones
The feature-free phone, launched at Milan design week, is the latest device to tap int…
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Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says
Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their fin…
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ByteDance would shut down TikTok in US rather than sell it, sources say
App’s ‘secret source’ algorithm reportedly core to operations of parent company, which…
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‘Can you steal back something that’s already stolen?’: how radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone
Tired of colonial artefacts being hoarded, Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor use tech to…
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What's behind the fight between Elon Musk's X and Australia's eSafety commissioner? – video
Elon Musk is at war with Australia — in particular Australia's online safety regul…
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‘I may be a troll but I’m not stupid’: super-stan Harry Daniels on singing loudly at Biden, Dua Lipa and Anna Wintour for clout
Harry Daniels’s TikToks of him singing awkwardly at stars alternate between trolling a…
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Senate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell it
Bill gives app owner, ByteDance, a year to divest, and while Biden is expected to sign…
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Tesla sees biggest revenue drop since 2012 but company shares still surge
Shares up despite dip in revenue and profits after company said it expects to release …
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TechScape: No WhatsApp in China, no TikTok in the US, and the return of Llama
In this week’s newsletter: While Apple removed the platform from App Stores without a …
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Paedophiles create nude AI images of children to extort from them, says charity
Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use …
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Elon Musk hits back at Australian court order against X images of stabbing
The Tesla billionaire uses posts on his social media platform to attack Anthony Albane…
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Australian court orders Elon Musk’s X to hide Sydney church stabbing posts from users globally
Judge makes interim order after eSafety commissioner orders social media outlet to rem…
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Tesla cuts prices around the world as sales decline in a chaotic week
Global vehicle deliveries fall for first time in four years amid growing competition, …
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Manchester women: filmed by voyeurs and stalked online
Two friends tell their story for National Stalking Awareness Week, as police bring in …
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The Game Boy at 35: a portal to other magical worlds
The handheld console introduced millions to the joy of video games, and remains one of…
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UK children bombarded by gambling ads and images online, charity warns
Young people feel their internet activity is overwhelmed by betting promotions and sim…
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The big tech firms want an AI monopoly – but the UK watchdog can bring them to heel | John Naughton
Microsoft, Meta and Google are snapping up small players in the burgeoning industry – …
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‘I was very nearly dead’: high achiever Martha Lane Fox is now on a mission to conquer mountains
After a car crash nearly killed her 20 years ago, the dotcom entrepreneur is climbing …
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Where do we draw the line on using AI in TV and film?
Recent controversies, including Civil War posters and altered photos in a Netflix docu…
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Pushing Buttons: The Fallout series doesn’t just look right – it feels like it was made by gamers, too
In this week’s newsletter: Great game adaptations are increasingly high-budget fan-fic…
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Terror watchdog condemns WhatsApp for lowering UK users’ minimum age to 13
Jonathan Hall, Britain’s reviewer of terrorism legislation, says more children could b…
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Reigns Beyond review – sci-fi silliness meets rock band road trip
iPad/iPhone, Nintendo Switch (version tested), PC; Nerial/Devolver Digital Quick-witte…
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Nothing Ear (a) review: cheaper, smaller, longer-lasting earbuds
Funky transparent design backed by good sound and noise cancelling make these budget b…
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Best podcasts of the week: How one woman’s private paradise turned into her own personal hell
In this week’s newsletter: Alice Levine’s The Price of Paradise follows the story of J…
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Students turning to cyberfraud as huge phishing site infiltrated, police reveal
LabHost enabled users to set up websites designed to trick victims into revealing pers…
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TikTok questioned by EU over Lite app that ‘pays’ users for watching videos
European Commission has concerns about app’s impact on children, as well as addiction …
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Tesla asks shareholders to back $56bn pay for Elon Musk rejected by judge
Delaware court in nullified compensation deal based on carmaker’s market value in Janu…
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As if Wes Anderson ran amok at Aardman: Harold Halibut, the visually stunning puppet adventure game
Fourteen years in the making, this character-driven sci-fi tale is a wonder of technol…
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Leisure centres scrap biometric systems to keep tabs on staff amid UK data watchdog clampdown
Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan sys…
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‘They even got a real jetpack in there!’: Todd Howard and Jonathan Nolan on Fallout
The director of the Fallout TV series and the director of the modern Fallout video gam…
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Tesla to cut 14,000 jobs as Elon Musk bids to make it ‘lean, innovative and hungry’
Billionaire says ‘there is nothing I hate more’ than cutting staff as more than 10% of…
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Now Play This 2024 review – the eccentricity is the point
Somerset House, London A world away from Fortnite and Call of Duty, the UK’s biggest …
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How Neopets’ nostalgic revival tripled users in six months
An icon of millennials’ childhoods languished for nearly two decades. Now it’s attempt…
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From boom to burst, the AI bubble is only heading in one direction | John Naughton
No one should be surprised that artificial intelligence is following a well-worn and e…
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‘Smell is really important for social communication’: how technology is ruining our senses
Scientists say an overreliance on sight and sound is having a detrimental effect on pe…
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An ‘incredibly relatable’ TikTok series captivated viewers. But its success was complex
Reesa Teesa’s Who TF Did I Marry chronicled how she ‘met, dated, married and divorced’…
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House votes to reapprove law allowing warrantless surveillance of US citizens
Fisa allows for monitoring of foreign communications, as well as collection of citizen…
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Bafta games awards hail one of gaming’s best ever years
Despite lay-offs and studio closures, the 20th edition of the ceremony saw Dungeons &a…
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Anger from campaigners as WhatsApp lowers age limit to 13 in UK and EU
Child safety group says Meta ‘putting profits before protecting children’, as messagin…
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Instagram to blur nudity in messages in bid to protect teens
Company says it is testing features as part of campaign to fight sexual scams and form…
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It crawled from below 50 years ago: how the global Dungeons & Dragons empire began in a basement
The fantasy tabletop role-playing game was conceived of by friends at the heart of Wis…
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Bone Valley, beavers and Steven Bartlett expands his pod dominance
The Diary of a CEO star builds his empire, while Jackass legend Johnny Knoxville debut…
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Fairphone Fairbuds review: ethically made earbuds with replaceable batteries
Repairable electronics pioneer shows noise-cancelling Bluetooth earbuds do not have to…
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Pushing Buttons: Meet the pint-sized Pokémon pros
With its giant inflatable Pikachu, fairground games and friendly vibe, this just might…
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AI race heats up as OpenAI, Google and Mistral release new models
Launches within 12 hours of one another, and more activity expected in industry over s…
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UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s
Polls show significant support for curb to protect children but some Tories uneasy wit…
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New bill would force AI companies to reveal use of copyrighted art
Adam Schiff introduces bill amid growing legal battle over whether major AI companies …
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Could AI-generated content be dangerous for our health?
From hyperrealistic deepfakes to videos that not only hijack our attention but also ou…
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Bait, ting, certi: how UK rap changed the language of the nation
Fuelled by music fandom and social media, young British people’s slang is evolving to …
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Apple MacBook Air M3 review: the laptop to beat
Faster chip, tremendous battery life, premium touch points and a price cut make the be…
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Fugitive CEO at the center of 2022 crypto crash found liable for fraud
A jury found that Do Kwon and Terraform Labs misled investors before the collapse of t…
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Dismay as X’s most-followed accounts given blue ticks for free
Elon Musk’s firm reverses policy of insisting on payment for ‘verified status’ – embar…
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The ‘street fighter’ and a £70k donation: how Christen Ager-Hanssen got close to the Tories
The surveillance specialist was invited to dine with the home secretary after the comp…
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Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo and more team up for a (literally) Orwellian drama
Don’t miss Audible’s A-list adaptation of the always relevant 1984, also starring Tom …
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Chinese mourners turn to AI to remember and ‘revive’ loved ones
Growing interest in services that create digital clones of the dead as millions visit …
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Pushing Buttons: When we don’t know the true sales figures for consoles, players lose out
In this week’s newsletter: Fastest-selling, highest gross revenue … the biggest gaming…
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‘Many-shot jailbreaking’: AI lab describes how tools’ safety features can be bypassed
Paper by Anthropic outlines how LLMs can be forced to generate responses to potentiall…
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‘They are breaking the law’: inside Amazon’s bid to stall a union drive
Retailer doing ‘whatever it takes’ to halt organizing at warehouse in Moreno Valley, C…
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Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Wonder and more musicians demand protection against AI
Letter signed by more than 200 artists makes broad ask that tech firms pledge to not d…
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US and UK announce formal partnership on artificial intelligence safety
Countries sign memorandum to develop advanced AI model testing amid growing safety con…
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Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival?
Retro video games and aesthetics are having a moment, but it’s not just gen X and olde…
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Google to destroy billions of private browsing records to settle lawsuit
Suit claimed tech giant tracked activity of people who thought they were privately usi…
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Video game firms found to have broken own UK industry rules on loot boxes
Government criticised over decision to let companies self-regulate gambling-style feat…
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Smartphone app could help detect early-onset dementia cause, study finds
App-based cognitive tests found to be proficient at detecting frontotemporal dementia …
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Conspiracy, monetisation and weirdness: this is why social media has become ungovernable | Nesrine Malik
The royals are perennial clickbait, but the wild online bunkum over the Princess of Wa…
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OpenAI deems its voice cloning tool too risky for general release
Delaying the Voice Engine technology rollout minimises the potential for misinformatio…
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